22nd day of xmas

[David Ilvedson]

Better still...20 wretched beckets...



David Ilvedson, RPT

Pacifica, CA 94044









Original message

From: "Noah Haverkamp" 

To: pianotech at ptg.org

Received: 12/22/2007 8:56:54 PM

Subject: 22nd day of xmas





I think the prefix "a-" should only be placed before words where another syllable is required to make the rythm correct.  So: 

"16 pins a-pomelled" is good. but "20 beckets a-buckling" adds an extra syllable. "20 beckets buckling" sounds good. 





 With twenty two hammers a-hobbling

   Twenty one crusty keypins

   Twenty beckets a-buckling

   Nineteen shanks a-squiggling

   Eighteen keys a-knocking

   Seventeen barren backchecks

   Sixteen pins a-pommelled

   Fifteen butts a-bounding

   Fourteen wobbly whippens

   Thirteen coins a-clinking,

   Twelve tubby bass strings,

   Eleven  jacks a-jumping,

   Ten grungy grommets,

   Nine brittle bridles,

   Eight damaged dampers,

   Seven fractured flanges,

   Six errant elbows,

   Five broken strings !

   Four coats of paint,

   Three warped posts,

   Two pedals bent,

   From a Parson who wants it fixed free !







Noah Haverkamp

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